Table of Contents

Preface; Guide to the Use of This Dictionary; List of Abbreviations and Symbols; Oxford English Reference Dictionary; Appendix 1: Chronology of World Events; Appendix 2: Chronology of Scientific Developments; Appendix 3: Countries of the World; Appendix 4: The Commonwealth; Appendix 5: States of the United States of America; Appendix 6: The British Constitution; Appendix 7: The US Constitution; Appendix 8: The United Nations; Appendix 9: The European Union; Appendix 10: Kings and Queens of England and the United Kingdom; Appendix 11: Prime Ministers and Presidents; Appendix 12: The Beaufort Scale of Wind Force; Appendix 13: Weights, Measures, and Notation; Appendix 14: Chemical Elements; Appendix 15: Astronomy: the Constellations; Appendix 16: The Solar System; Appendix 17: Geological Time-scale; Appendix 18: Terms for Groups of Animals etc; Appendix 19: The Animal Kingdom; Appendix 20: The Plant Kingdoms: Plants, Fungi, Algae, and Bacteria; Appendix 21: The Body; Appendix 22: Alphabets; Appendix 23: Indo-European Languages; Appendix 24: Hallmarks; Appendix 25: Musical Notation and the Orchestra; Appendix 26: Architecture; Appendix 27: Sports and Games; Appendix 28: The British Isles; World Maps